What if Blizzard realized their line ups for these events didn;t match their intended company goal they have for being inclusive in their games "Every Voice Matters" and chose to invite two highly skilled women from a long list of deserving candidates.
No quick fix, no "make them look better", just 2 deserving candidates for a spot in a tournament, chosen because they represent a shockingly underrepresented group in the original line up.
The original line up had 2 women on a group of 20 players. That's 1 in 10.
Even with this, there are only 4 women on 20 players, or 1 in 5, or 20%.
That is STILL not even close to the true % of women that play Hearthstone.
I'm perfectly okay with holding Blizzard to the fire over what is undoubtedly a dumb initial group of players. But that's not what some of the detracters are doing. Some of them are specifically upset that Blizzard chose women to replace the men that withdrew and question their qualifications and question that there are not better men to be chosen instead.
Are people really going to try and argue that a current Grandmaster and someone who represents their Country in international play and who has held Rank 1 on ladder should have not gotten invited, because they are somehow not qualified enough?
Really?
That's a special kind of bullshit.
I think these invites just go to show that there's plenty of women available who could show out in events like this, and all they need is a chance to show it.
Which they are hopefully finally getting, moving forward.
Kudos to Regis and Kripp for working with Blizz to open up this opportunity for others. Not everyone will be in a position to do this, but they were and did. Leaders in the community.
They also had the Goblin card back available! There's a five month gap in late 2014-early 2015 that are the only monthly card backs I didn't receive, so I'm excited to be finally able to get one of the ones I've been missing.
Nice, thanks for the assist. Updated article.
You do nto get to see the Cardback on the store if you already own it, so often times this passes me by. I'll try to be more careful and check my US account next time!
Just wait. We only today got nerfs announced which will be implemented tomorrow. Give it a week or so for the meta to settle and the new best decks to assert themselves.
It is likely Paladin and Control Warlock will both still be among the better decks, so you are in luck and have a choice to make. :)
Nah, it’s just on the board. There’s a few other cards with ALL in all caps for some reason, like Wild Pyromancer. Most of them are from the classic set, likely to make sure players knew they were hitting their own minions too. They moved away from it for a while, but maybe a designer liked it that way. Who knows
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What if Blizzard realized their line ups for these events didn;t match their intended company goal they have for being inclusive in their games "Every Voice Matters" and chose to invite two highly skilled women from a long list of deserving candidates.
No quick fix, no "make them look better", just 2 deserving candidates for a spot in a tournament, chosen because they represent a shockingly underrepresented group in the original line up.
The original line up had 2 women on a group of 20 players. That's 1 in 10.
Even with this, there are only 4 women on 20 players, or 1 in 5, or 20%.
That is STILL not even close to the true % of women that play Hearthstone.
I'm perfectly okay with holding Blizzard to the fire over what is undoubtedly a dumb initial group of players. But that's not what some of the detracters are doing. Some of them are specifically upset that Blizzard chose women to replace the men that withdrew and question their qualifications and question that there are not better men to be chosen instead.
And THAT is bullshit.
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Are people really going to try and argue that a current Grandmaster and someone who represents their Country in international play and who has held Rank 1 on ladder should have not gotten invited, because they are somehow not qualified enough?
Really?
That's a special kind of bullshit.
I think these invites just go to show that there's plenty of women available who could show out in events like this, and all they need is a chance to show it.
Which they are hopefully finally getting, moving forward.
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Kudos to Regis and Kripp for working with Blizz to open up this opportunity for others. Not everyone will be in a position to do this, but they were and did. Leaders in the community.
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Thanks, fixed!
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We had a Face Hunter mirror match. In an actual Tournament. Amazing.
Most of the series this week were done in record time. Highly aggressive meta, for sure.
Blizzard also got in on the action and delivered the packs for watching in record time too. :p
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Stick to posting rants about the game, and not posting nonsense about other posters. Enough is enough.
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*sound of the rope burning down*
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Nice, thanks for the assist. Updated article.
You do nto get to see the Cardback on the store if you already own it, so often times this passes me by. I'll try to be more careful and check my US account next time!
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The range and emotion of a Shakespearean actor. Brings a tear to my eye. Instant get.
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Just wait. We only today got nerfs announced which will be implemented tomorrow. Give it a week or so for the meta to settle and the new best decks to assert themselves.
It is likely Paladin and Control Warlock will both still be among the better decks, so you are in luck and have a choice to make. :)